Former NFL head coach joins Ohio State football staff

Green Bay Packers head coach Joe Philbin watches as players warm up before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 34-20. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

by: Justin Holbrock

Posted: May 23, 2023 / 07:23 PM EDT

Updated: May 23, 2023 / 09:00 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Former NFL head coach Joe Philbin has joined the Ohio State football staff as an offensive analyst, according to OSU.

Philbin returns to the college football ranks for the first time since 2002. He coached the Miami Dolphins from 2012-15 with a record of 24 wins and 28 losses.

Ohio State offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline played for Philbin for three seasons in Miami.

Philbin has been in coaching since 1984 and this is not his first time coaching in the Big Ten. The 61-year-old spent four seasons as the offensive line coach at Iowa before leaving for the NFL in 2003.

He got his start as an assistant offensive line coach with the Green Bay Packers where Philbin rose through the ranks, becoming offensive coordinator and helping Aaron Rodgers and the Packers win the Super Bowl in 2010.